Sands of Salzaar – First Impressions



Talking about my impressions with the launch version of Sands of Salzaar, and ambitious indie strategy title.

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48 thoughts on “Sands of Salzaar – First Impressions”

  1. Thank you for this review,
    I tried Sand's while it was still in early access and I couldn't keep up my interest although it seemed super cool and very mount and bladey.

    The review really makes me want to try it again.

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  2. Thanks for the review! I got swamped by bugs when the game released but kept track on their updates over steam, they seem to be doing a good job so we can look forward to how this game develops

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  3. Bought the game. Beat the game through 1.5 playthroughs. Loved it, but the genre as a whole is tenuous for me.

    It is definitely an interesting and DEEP game with a lot of replayability. It will take multiple playthroughs to see everything and even a couple more to see divergent paths. The core gameplay loop and various systems are pretty solid and for completionist, there are many hidden things that will take a LONG time to even present themselves.

    If you want a mount and blade style game, set in a medium fantasy world based on Eastern mythology? Definitely a buy, but keep in mind if you dont like M&B or care about strategy simulation games you will NOT find the rpg elements compelling enough to replay it again.

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  4. Hope you get a chance to play Kenshi. Its more sandbox but the RPG elements is better than almost everything. Some of the systems here reminds me of Kenshi, thats why I brought it up.

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  5. The game is very interesting, I beat the campaign and generally enjoyed it. I do think the combat has issues in that it sort of wants to play as an ARPG (when fighting in dungeons and you don't have your army to help you) but you don't really have the mobility and abilities tend to be on long cooldowns, so fighting bosses solo can be pretty difficult. That said, as an isometric mount and blade game it works pretty decently.

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  6. I played about 30 hours of this, 15 in EA and 15 after release. In my opinion it has no system deep enough to warrant keeping playing for long and the overall story is not worth it either.

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  7. I know that when you say 100% that doesn't always mean you get 100% of the achievements but I still occasion like to imagine that you are doing that and hit a glitches achievement and pull your hair out in stress because you started something you can't finish. I say this not out of malice but because you remind me of a guy who I went to school with who did exactly that once.

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  8. I think I've heard of this, but the translation wasn't finished at the time or something. Looks interesting. Looking forward to your 100% review.

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  9. My major problem with this game is that I just don't think the combat is very fun. And if I don't enjoy the combat, I'm better off playing games like this that have combat systems that I DO enjoy, like Battle Brothers, Mount & Blade or even Wartales.

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  10. my friend bought this for me as a joke this last christmas, it seemed interesting but the poor translation / janky feel made me drop it after only 2-3 hours. figured i'd pick it up again. glad to see you covering this!

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  11. This is a janky mount and blade with arpg combat and some surprisingly deep systems.
    The dev very obviously loves his game but i feel like he is a little bit in over his head making it 😛
    If you like games similar to mount and blade, get this. If not maybe dont.

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  12. Really looking forward to the full review. I'm really glad how much the game has improved from early access– but I've seen some people say it falls off later in the game.

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  13. Sadly I cannot support (PRC) Chinese developers and publishers 🙁 Hopefully there is regime change someday soon. Looks like an interesting game!

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  14. i got the game in ea and it changed a lot for the better since then. i would describe it as "bannerlord meets dynasty warriors in an oriental fantasy setting" which is in fact i wished for as a game (bannerlord with a more fantasy setting and a one-man-army type of gameplay or dw being more strategic and focusing more on developing your faction)

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  15. This was super intriguing. Really not many great series on YouTube about this game. You could be one of the first to really dive in and cover, if you were ever open to recording a series.

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